Go Your Bond

DESCRIPTION: "You gonna need somebody on your bond (x2), When your room gets darn and death comes creepin' down, You gonna need somebody...." ""Well, I got somebody on my bond (x2), When your room gets dark...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1931 (Hutson/Pinckney/Rutledge-SomeSongsTheNegroSang)
KEYWORDS: nonballad religious death
FOUND IN: US(SE,So)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Arnold-FolkSongsofAlabama, p. 175, "Go Your Bond" (1 short text, 1 tune)
Hutson/Pinckney/Rutledge-SomeSongsTheNegroSang, pp. 254-255, "Wan' King Jedus Stan' My Bon'" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #16306
File: Arno175

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